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Table 2 Effect of the WFFS carrier genotype on the ten traditional evaluating traits in the 718 SJ horses

From: Performance of Swedish Warmblood fragile foal syndrome carriers and breeding prospects

Evaluating traita

P-value WFFS

P-value birth year cohort

Least square mean (SE) by genotype

N/N

WFFS/N

Horse type

NS

NS

102.97 (1.15)

102.90 (2.56)

Correctness of legs

NS

*

104.35 (0.73)

105.12 (1.62)

Walk

**

NS

94.97 (1.03)

99.42 (2.29)

Trot

NS

NS

94.62 (1.08)

97.86 (2.39)

Canter

NS

NS

105.18 (1.10)

107.56 (2.44)

Jumping technique

NS

NS

125.57 (1.08)

127.00 (2.39)

Jumping temperament

NS

NS

128.81 (2.42)

126.43 (1.09)

Show jumping

NS

NS

128.70 (1.13)

129.13 (2.51)

Temperament for gait

NS

NS

98.24 (1.12)

101.36 (2.47)

Dressage

*

NS

94.10 (1.09)

98.08 (2.22)

  1. LSM: Least square estimation; SE: standard Error; NS: not significant
  2. *P = 0.05, ** 0.01 < P < 0.05, ***P < 0.01
  3. aEBV in the SWB population have a mean value of 100 and a genetic standard deviation of 20 index units